I'm gonna ramble.

I'm gonna ramble.

Today started off a little rough.  I woke up with a pretty bad tension headache.  I had a lot of weird dreams and must have slept crazy.  I took some meds to head of a migraine and got started on my work later in the day than I wanted to.  But I did my time and made a lot of good progress towards Challenge #2.  I am pretty excited that I am able to be productive from home.

I showered today and put in larger earrings.  I'm at a 5mm now, which I think is about a 4 gauge.  When I visited home for Thanksgiving I brought most of my body jewelry back to Cincinnati with me.  I have a few things I can wear in this size, but a LOT more options once I reach a 2 gauge.  I'm excited about that.

I'm being SO NICE to my ears.  I'm only inserting larger earrings after a hot shower and there is no pain at all.  I remember when I stretched my lobes back in the day it always pinched and hurt a bit.  I feel like I'm just not into that part of it anymore.  I want everything to be comfy.  It's probably also easier because they were stretched before, but I am not complaining.

After catching the 'Rona (I assume from the airport), I have decided that I'm not flying home around another holiday.  My plan is to pack my car full of as much of my stuff as I can live without for a few weeks and drive home and unload it.  That way, when I leave Cincinnati for good I'll have more room for this desk that I acquired and that I love to come with me.  And hopefully a friend will ride with me again - definitely gotta make sure I have room for her!

I'm missing a lot of my work buddies.  I can't go back to the office until I test negative for COVID.  I'm not mad at the caution regarding it, but I feel like I'm missing a lot.  A couple of the guys got their certifications, and one has already been put on a project.  That is all super exciting stuff.  I messaged them on Slack to congratulate them, but it's not the same as a high-five and a "Let's fucking go!"

Anyway, so this is crazy.  I have the ParaGard IUD, which I think hurts me sometimes and I'll probably get removed at some point.  But my hormones are getting jankey, so the doctor I saw prescribed birth control pills.  On top of all of that I am nowhere near my husbang so it seems crazy to be this birth-controlled, but I know there are reasons for it.  The doctor said that I am not old enough to be going into perimenopause yet, but my suddenly irregular periods and night-sweats say otherwise.  I've been a whole damn mess for a few months now and I really hope the pills help.

Well, I can't think of much else to say.  I'm about to chill down for the night and hopefully I'll sleep restfully instead of stressfully tonight.  We'll see. I hope you all are doing well.  ❤️